[tor-relays] Running a relay in the Netherlands

[TorOps]

On 2015-07-19 23:06, gunes acar wrote:
> On 2015-07-18 15:06, Dmytro Dudenko wrote:
>> Speaking of BeNeLux,
> 
>> is Belgium any worse in tolerating a Tor-server at Home (Belgacom)
>> / at Uni Campus (will not say what Uni)?
> 
>> In the case of Uni Campus, one needs to run purely a non-exit
>> relay, I presume :)
> 
> Will not directly answer your question, but we had no difficulties
> getting the permission for our our non-exit relay (kulcosictor) at KU
> Leuven. But, don't know what would have happened if we had asked
> permission for an exit.

This is good to hear, since I intend to be operating a non-exit relay
out of my on-campus home. Thanks for your info.

Regards,
StairNetTor Operator

> Also, apparently 2 of the 4 exit relays in Belgium runs at Belgacom
> and one of them (darkman) seems to be around for more than 4 months:
> https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/64C05AF7C30CFEB56AD717564C4783B322
> 82195C
> https://atlas.torproject.org/#search/country:be%20flag:exit
> 
> 
>> Any experience to share?
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> Am 07.07.2015 um 21:03 schrieb Joshua Lee Tucker:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> A Raspberry Pi is actually a pretty nice device to run a relay on
>>> - it's pretty capable of running with a throughput of about
>>> 2-4mbps (which isn't bad, considering the clock speed).
>>>
>>> This might be a useful resource for you regarding Tor & Raspberry
>>> Pi:
>>>
>>> https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2013-August/002384.
> html
>>>
>>>
>>>
> Regards,
>>>
>>> Joshua Lee Tucker @tuckerwales
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 7:20 PM, Tom van der Woerdt <info at tvdw.eu 
>>> <mailto:info at tvdw.eu>> wrote:
>>>
>>> NL is perfectly safe, probably one of the safest countries on
>>> the planet for running Tor relays and exits. No need to worry
>>> about the legality of it much, as long as you appropriately keep
>>> your own traffic and Tor traffic separate.   [IANAL!!!]
>>>
>>> Raspberry Pis aren't very fast, so it won't help the network
>>> much.
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>>
>>> TorOps schreef op 07/07/15 om 20:12:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I am about to move to the Netherlands and will, as part of the 
>>> move, decommission the server my relay is currently running on.
>>> I'd like to be able to continue to help, though, so I wonder how
>>> the legal climate is for Tor relays and/or exit nodes in the
>>> Netherlands?
>>>
>>> On a related topic, how smart/efficient/possible is it to run a 
>>> relay/exit on a Raspberry Pi?
>>>
>>> Thanks for any info.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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